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Be Water My Friend
Red Book Unit 2
Meet Bruce Lee
1. Did Bruce go to Hong Kong when he was a baby or a man?

2. Did Bruce Lee study opera or kung fu?

3. Was Bruce Lee's father a singer or a teacher?

4. Was Bruce Lee foolish or wise?

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Bruce Lee




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Chinese Zodiac
Bruce Lee, born Lee Jun Fan, was born on November 27, 1940 in the hour of the dragon (6-8 a.m.), in the Year of the Dragon. He was born in San Franciso's Chinatown in a Chinese hospital. This made him an American citizen.


bruce-lee-parents.jpgHis father, Lee Hoi-Chue, was Chinese, and his mother, Grace, was a Catholic of Chinese and German ancestry. His parents retuned to Hong Kong with Lee when he was 3 months old.

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*Bruce Lee grew up in Hong Kong, China, but came back to the United States as a teenager. He finished high school in the state of Washington.

Hong Kong, China*He ran his martial arts schools, Jun Fan Gung Fu Institute, in Washington and California.
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*In the 1960's he acted in a TV show calledThe Green Hornet.
*He also made movies, including Enter the Dragon.
*He was only 32 years old when he died under curious circumstances that continue to be a mystery.